Michael, You need to join the Azores DNA Project. You should have your Gedcom uploaded and be working with matches of 100 cMs or greater (on your Portuguese side).
Having a DNA match in the Azores, California, or Oregon doesn't mean anything. Suppose you match me and I just got a job and now I live on Mars. Now you have a DNA match that lives on Mars. It doesn't mean anything. People make personal (or career) decisions on where to live. You need to look at your blocks and work from the known to the unknown. Where your match lives has no bearing on the matter. Also, all genealogists, professional or not, are human and can make mistakes. All work should always be reverified. It would be nice if we were all perfect, but we are not. Here's how to join the Azores DNA Project. Log into the FTDNA page with the kit number and password. Across the top is says: myFTDNA, DNA Tests, Projects....Point at Projects. When the drop down menu appears, click "Join a project." If the Azores Islands appears on the top, click the link and scroll down to the JOIN button at the end. If the Azores Islands is not suggested, scroll down to where it says "Search by Surname" and type: azores. When Azores Islands appears, click the link and follow the directions. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Mickey Blue <michaelsemm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Eric, I have a DNA match in Texas who has done some research herself > and had some done professionally. I contributed a bit to the process. As > regards the convict history, that is well documented here in Australia. > There are also DNA matches in the Azores, Oregon, California and I am > trying to do my own research by whatever means is available. I've contacted > other DNA matches, but cannot establish the link. The internet opens a lot > of possibilities, but family history gets very complex with each > generation, 2 parents, four grand, eight greats etc etc. > > Michael > > > On Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:04:36 UTC+11, luiznoia wrote: >> >> How do you have his birthdate and place ? >> >> Eric Edgar >> >> On Jan 2, 2018 6:07 PM, "Mickey Blue" <michael...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, I'm an Australian, descendant of Manuel Jacinto, born Sao Joao >>> Pico 9 December 1825, son of Manuel Jacinto De Avila and Rosa Francesca. I >>> can only speak English, so I struggle with Portuguese language and naming >>> practices, any information in that regard would much appreciated. I'm also >>> interested in history and hope, one day, to write a novel, based on my >>> Great great grandfather's life and times. He was charged with stealing a >>> Frenchman's watch in Trinidad in 1836, at 11 years of age, he was tried , >>> under British law, transported to Van Diemen's land (now Tasmania >>> Australia) after two years on prison hulks in England. It is a tale of >>> terrible hardship, survival and redemption. He had four daughters and >>> through them, many hundreds of direct descendants. >>> >>> Naturally I'm interested in all my family history, but also would also >>> love to know cultural, social and religious customs around 1820's. On his >>> convict records, he was listed as being from Madeira, but I know he was >>> born in Pico, so I think he may have arrived in Trinidad from Madeira (I >>> believe the British recruited workers from Madeira during the transition >>> from slavery to sate demands made by plantation owners for compensation). >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> Michael >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
